Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1902

Saturday 12 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 135 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Saturday 12 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 13 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 09:41 on Sat 12 Apr to 06:53 on Sun 13 Apr.

    1902-04-12T01:41:01Z → 1902-04-12T22:53:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 12th, 11:55–12:43 on the 13th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 12th and 0 of 48 on the 13th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 8074 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1902: Saturday 12 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1902 falls on Saturday 12 April. Pañcamī runs from 09:41 on Sat 12 Apr to 06:53 on Sun 13 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1902/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 12 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 12 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 12 Apr
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/lakshmi-panchami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Caitra, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pañcamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 5 Sri pancami or Laksmi pancami (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePañcamīMadhyāhna 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:41 → 14:5311:3048 min11:300 min12 Apr
Chicago19:41 → 16:5311:2848 min11:280 min12 Apr
Jersey City20:41 → 17:5311:3448 min11:330 min12 Apr
Port of Spain21:41 → 18:5311:4348 min11:430 min12 Apr
London01:41 → 22:5311:3848 min11:380 min12 Apr
Durban03:11 → 00:2311:0348 min11:020 min12 Apr
Dubai05:22 → 02:3411:3748 min11:370 min12 Apr
Delhi07:02 → 04:1411:4948 min11:490 min12 Apr
Kolkata07:02 → 04:1411:0548 min11:050 min12 Apr
Singapore08:36 → 05:4811:3748 min11:360 min12 Apr
Sydney11:41 → 08:5311:3239 min11:320 min12 Apr
Suva13:36 → 10:4811:380 min11:380 min13 Apr
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
lakshmi-panchami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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